CVE-2025-64658

Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.5 High
Published: Dec 9, 2025
Updated: Apr 16, 2026
Reserved: Nov 6, 2025

Description

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Shell allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft

Weaknesses

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft	10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.8146Affected
Windows 10 Version 21H2Microsoft	10.0.19044.0 to before 10.0.19044.6691Affected
Windows 10 Version 22H2Microsoft	10.0.19045.0 to before 10.0.19045.6691Affected
Windows 11 version 22H3Microsoft	10.0.22631.0 to before 10.0.22631.6345Affected
Windows 11 Version 23H2Microsoft	10.0.22631.0 to before 10.0.22631.6345Affected
Windows 11 Version 24H2Microsoft	10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.7462Affected
Windows 11 Version 25H2Microsoft	10.0.26200.0 to before 10.0.26200.7462Affected
Windows Server 2019Microsoft	10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.8146Affected
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft	10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.8146Affected
Windows Server 2022Microsoft	10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.4529Affected
Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)Microsoft	10.0.25398.0 to before 10.0.25398.2025Affected
Windows Server 2025Microsoft	10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.7462Affected
Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)Microsoft	10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.7462Affected

References

Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilityvendor-advisorypatch

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